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• 11 September 1941

  The Gestapo finally disbands the last remaining Jewish cultural association in Berlin. 
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  Man with "yellow badge" in Berlin
  

  Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-B04488, photographer: not stated

  15 September 1941

  The police regulation ordering Jews to wear the yellow Star-of-David comes into force.
  By now, all Jews older than six years of age have to wear a yellow star on the left-hand breast area of their clothes when they are in public.
• October 1941

  New York's Museum of Modern Art dedicates an exhibition of over 50 works to the painter George Grosz, defamed in Germany as "degenerate". 
• 14 October 1941

  The deportation of German Jews to Eastern Europe begins on the orders of the Nazi government.
• 23 October 1941

  Jews living in areas under German control are prohibited from emigrating.
• 7 November 1941

  First meeting of the Heinrich-Heine-Klub, an association of German exiles in Mexico. Anna Seghers is appointed president of the club.
• 15 November 1941

  The first edition of the exile journal Freies Deutschland (Free Germany) is issued in Mexico under the leadership of Anna Seghers. The journal has a distinct orientation towards Moscow-style socialism. Along with Seghers, other contributors include Egon Erwin Kisch and Bodo Uhse.
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  Decree on the Reich Citizens Act from 25 November 1941

  Reichsgeseztesblatt, issue from 25 November 1941, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

  25 November 1941

  A government regulation which allows the denaturalisation and dispossession of Jews earmarked for deportation is introduced.
• 7 December 1941

  Japan attacks the US military installation at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, sinking a number of warships.
  The day following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan unilaterally declares war on the United States of America. 
• 25 December 1941

  SPD Chairman Hans Vogel gives a BBC address on German emigration from his London exile. 
  The address states: “Emigration is not only a difficult test, it can also mean an eminent improvement in your life in every way. You get to know other countries and peoples in a way that no other situation can offer you.